CVE-2022-25090 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Printix Secure Cloud Print Management through 1.3.1106.0 creates a temporary temp.ini file in a directory with insecure permissions, leading to privilege escalation because of a race condition.

Published: 2022-03-09

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: 11.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kofax:printix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11011.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166242/Printix-Client-1.3.1106.0-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167012/Printix-1.3.1106.0-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://printix.com
https://github.com/ComparedArray/printix-CVE-2022-25090
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50812

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Kofax Printix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-03-09T15:36:48.000Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T00:17:34.211Z

Reserved: 2022-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-25090

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-10T17:47:00.077

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:33:01.390

Link: CVE-2022-25090

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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